On Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:36:31 PDT, just as I was about to take a herb,
Brian K disturbed my reverie and wrote:

>Yes it does. It is a full Win8 OS. But I always turn off System Restore as I prefer to restore an image in times of need.

I often wonder why I keep system restore on. I do not image as often
as I feel I should and it is an extra safety net. It has often saved
the say when an auto loading infection is acquired and the AV
struggles to disinfect it.
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Cheers

DrT
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The negatives I see for System Restore are it doesn't always work, it takes up space in the C: drive and makes for larger images and malware can hide in the System Restore folder. I can restore a Win8 image in 3 minutes (excluding validation) and I suspect System Restore would take longer.

On Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:15:07 PDT, just as I was about to take a herb,
Brian K disturbed my reverie and wrote:

>The negatives I see for System Restore are it doesn't always work, it takes up space in the C: drive and makes for larger images and malware can hide in the System Restore folder. I can restore a Win8 image in 3 minutes (excluding validation) and I suspect System Restore would take longer.

Another main in the coffin is that defragging (which win 8,7, Vista
and XP do automatically, can also delete restore points).

Think will turn off SR for a while and see how it does.

OT: Does it bother you that IfW does not distinguish between diff and
incr backups in their automatic file naming?
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Cheers

DrT
______________________________
We may not be able to prevent the stormy times in
our lives; but we can always choose whether or not
to dance in the puddles (Jewish proverb).